Chapter 1 [Linlang Bookstore]
"Good is like water. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Water conservancy is not disputed, and everyone is evil, so it is more than the ...... of Taoism"
In the courtyard of Lincang Academy, Old Master Zheng was dressed in an elegant green shirt and recited the Tao Te Ching in a peaceful voice.
The courtyard of the academy is very small, and there are tables and stools crammed under the dilapidated courtyard walls, and more than 30 young students have different expressions, some dozing, some listening carefully to the master's lectures, and some looking at the cobwebs in the corners of the wall in a daze.
"Hu Shaoxia was furious when he heard this, and he only felt that a nameless fire was burning in his chest, thinking that he had never been insulted like this since he was eighteen years old, and he had never been insulted like this since he was eighteen years old...... "In the corner of the academy, in an inconspicuous position, Jiang Bai lowered his head, while blocking the sight of Master Zheng with old books, while secretly writing on the rough paper.
Like most of the students in the courtyard, Jiang Bai looked fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed very ordinarily. He writes very fast, and often Old Master Zheng recited a Taoist classic gently, and Jiang Bai wrote three or four columns of small characters on the paper on his desktop.
It wasn't until he wrote a full eleven sheets of tissue paper that Jiang Bai breathed a sigh of relief, and filled in a sentence at the end of the paper: "I want to know what Hu Shaoxia's life is, and look at tomorrow's lively review of "Mo Sanniang sacrificed herself to save her son, the 'first knife' blade enemy"!"
It's finally done!
I wrote 5,000 words in one morning, and my hands are so sour......
Jiang Bai put down his pen, quietly stretched, and lay on the desk.
"Good is like water, Master, you must not know, you also need water to write a book!" Jiang Bai lay on the table and muttered quietly, "With my pen power, a small plot of the protagonist killing a horse thief is obviously enough to describe it in 2,000 words, but the boss of the merchant wants me to write at least three times, and each time I have to leave suspense at the critical moment, saying that this is in line with the standards for reporting and distribution! Hmph, I think he just saw that the serialization effect of this book is good, and he wants to squeeze more silver from the protagonist 'Saibei First Knife'! ...”
However, Jiang Bai knew that although the business boss was extremely greedy for money, he was the most trustworthy, and Linlang Bookstore never owed the author's remuneration.
Unlike some bookstores, although the circulation of publications is much stronger than that of small merchants like Linlang Bookstore, which can hardly leave Lincang City, the remuneration is extremely unpleasant, and I heard that there are always authors who go to the door of those bad bookstores to ask for salary......
After this submission, I will be able to save enough thirty taels of silver, plus a dozen taels of silver that Zhai Xiaopang and Xiuxiu secretly saved, which is enough for us to go and find some martial arts cheats to practice! Xiuxiu is most eager for the heroine of the rivers and lakes, and she must find a book of swordsmanship, Xiaopang is so afraid of death, hard skills such as the golden bell hood iron cloth shirt are most suitable for him, what am I ...... Point acupuncture or light work are all in the first choice sequence!
Jiang Bai was thinking about it psychologically, his eyes gradually became eager, and he came up with the idea that he had opened up the upper, middle and lower dantian, reached the realm of 'Three Flowers Gathering at the Top', dressed better than snow, and fought the end of the world with a sword...... If you don't have martial arts to defend yourself, I'm afraid you will be hacked to death by horse thieves when you leave Lincang City!
Dad said that after people die, they can only eat candle incense ashes, thinking about the taste of these things, Jiang Bai couldn't help but shiver!
Be sure to learn martial arts well!
If only my dad hadn't forbade me to learn martial arts......
Jiang Bai sighed, his parents are both dart masters of the Yangwei Dart Bureau, although their skills are not first-class, but they have also opened up a dantian in their bodies, reaching the "One Yuan Realm", and their father opened up a second dantian last year and entered the "Two Yuan Realm"!
Although you can get fame by studying, what you yearn for is the life of Lu Yan, a pure yang Taoist who "travels to the Beihai Sea at dusk"!
Alas...... Fortunately, I met the master and taught me to write books and make money by myself!
Dad doesn't pass on martial arts, he can make money to learn martial arts by himself, and he can become a generation of famous heroes and eat all over the world!
"Alright, that's it for today's lesson!"
In Jiang Bai's cranky thoughts, Old Master Zheng ended today's lecture and looked at many students who had recovered from their drowsiness with a smile, but did not turn around and leave as usual.
The students looked at Old Master Zheng suspiciously, only to see him smile slightly, and said gently: "Master, preach and teach to solve doubts." In this Lincang Academy, you call me 'Master', and Master is the teacher, so in addition to teaching and solving doubts, I also have some heartfelt words to say to you. ”
Jiang Bai was stunned for a moment, and listened with bated breath with everyone.
"Three hundred years ago, the Eastern Emperor lost his way, the Dade Dynasty collapsed, and the Daodao Dynasty took its place. After the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, he respected the Taoist Gate, established the people to teach, and greatly promoted education in Kyushu, and it took more than 200 years to exchange for more than ninety percent of the subjects of today's Dao who can read and write. Do you know that in the previous dynasty, there was a world of difference between the poor families, and if you were born in a poor family, you could not read and write, and if you were born in a cold family, you died in a cold family, and there was no chance to change your fate!"
"Lincang Academy is a government academy, which is intended to promote the education of the written language. All of you here are from poor families, or from peasant families, or from a family of craftsmen, or the sons of dart masters...... It is really hard to be able to study here and have the opportunity to gain fame and change the fate of the poor!"
"Don't let it down!"
With that, Master Zheng turned around and left.
The teenagers in the courtyard looked at each other, some looked blank, only felt that Master Zheng had unexpectedly said some boring nonsense, and some teenagers silently recalled the master's words and secretly clenched their fists.
Jiang Bai thought that he had secretly written a book in class, which not only wasted his father's money, but also was sorry for his master's teachings, and he felt faintly guilty, but then he thought of the sword rivers and lakes, and thought of the different flavors of the six countries in the world, and he was quickly expelled with a little guilt.
"Xiaobai, what's the daze!"
Jiang Bai was patted on the shoulder, and when he looked back, it was his friend Zhai Yu Zhai Xiaopang, who was a butcher in Lincang City at home, and he was born white and fat. Behind Xiaopang stood a short black girl, Xu Xiuxiu, the youngest daughter of the Xu carpenter's family.
Xiuxiu hugged the heavy bookbag and whispered to Jiang Bai: "Don't be affected by the master's words, don't you want to learn martial arts and become a chivalrous man like a pure yang daoist!"
"That's it, that's it!" Zhai Xiaopang nodded and agreed, "Xiaobai, let's go to the deserted temple to practice!"
"Don't worry, I'm a man who wants to eat all the delicacies in the world, and I have never regarded fame as a floating cloud, and only martial arts can help me realize my ideals. ”
Jiang Bai seriously appeased the two "fellow Daoists", then shook the stack of papers in his hand and said, "You go to the deserted temple first, I want to go to the bookstore to hand in the manuscript, and the manuscript fee will be paid today!"
"Then you go and make money first!" said Chubby.
"Don't forget my swordsmanship book!" Xiuxiu added.
Saying goodbye to the two, Jiang Bai left the academy alone and walked towards Linlang Bookstore.
Lincang City is not very big, and after walking for a while, Jiang Bai saw the red cloth guise of Linlang Bookstore.
It was the beginning of summer, the weather was exceptionally sunny, and the streets outside the bookstore were full of pedestrians.
At the door of Linlang Bookstore, a tall and thin middle-aged man was holding a stack of newspapers and periodicals, shouting at passers-by: "The latest issue of "Jianghu Times Review"! Ask the owner of bamboo to personally authorize! Lincang City is exclusively debuted! The end of the magazine comes with the ranking of "Weapon Spectrum"! Don't miss the ...... when you pass by."
Jiang Bai's eyes lit up, trotted over, and said to the tall and thin businessman: "Boss Shang, quickly show me, what is the main news on the front page of this issue!"
When Boss Shang heard the prestige, his fox-like fine eyes instantly stared at the manuscript in Jiang Bai's hand, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he pretended to say: "You ask the main news? Naturally, it is the West Lake battle between the famous monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple and the demon girl Bai Suzhen of the Five Poisons Sect...... As I expected, Bai Suzhen, the demon girl, was defeated by Fahai and was captured and imprisoned in the Leifeng Pagoda of West Lake, and the ranking of the "Weapon Spectrum" that the male yellow sword had managed to obtain was also replaced by Fahai's Dragon Descending Bowl!"
"The White Lady lost?!"
Jiang Bai was struck by lightning and stood on the spot.